ClearMacIs it safe to delete…?
Straight answers for 54 things that fill up Macs, from caches to AI models. Each one comes from the same rules ClearMac uses on your Mac.
Rebuilds automatically
The app or tool that made it recreates it by itself the next time it's needed. Removing it only costs a little time. ClearMac pre-selects these items.
- A DerivedData folder in a project
- App caches
- Build folders
- .build folders (Swift packages)
- Cargo registry
- CocoaPods cache
- Framework build cache
- Go module cache
- Gradle caches
- Homebrew downloads
- iPhone & iPad software updates
- JavaScript build output (dist and .output)
- Logs
- npm cache
- npx cache
- pip cache
- Python bytecode cache
- Simulator caches
- Swift Package Manager cache
- Target folders (Rust and Maven)
- The ~/.npm folder
- uv cache
- Xcode build data
- Yarn cache
- Zig build cache
Re-downloads when needed
It can be downloaded or reinstalled again, but that takes time and data, and sometimes you have to do it yourself. ClearMac lists these items but never pre-selects them.
- An app
- Android emulator images
- Bun cache
- CocoaPods dependencies
- .dart_tool, .terraform and .stack-work
- Gradle project cache
- Hugging Face models
- Installer files (.dmg and .pkg)
- Mail attachment copies
- Maven repository
- Node.js dependencies
- Ollama models
- pnpm store
- Python virtual environment
- The ~/.cache folder
- Xcode device support
Your data
This may be the only copy of something you care about. ClearMac never pre-selects it, and moves it to the Trash only if you choose it yourself.
Protected
Another app or a sync service manages it. Removing it breaks that app or deletes it on every device. ClearMac won't move it to the Trash, and tells you where to manage it instead.